GoDaddy FTP problems: WP plugins, themes etc not working

I installed the latest WP.org download into my GoDaddy.com server. I tried to upload a theme and a few different plug ins to the content folder, and then from there to their respective folders (like putting the theme I downloaded into the themes folder). I don’t understand why they aren’t showing up. The main problem is that I want to replace the header with my own image. I created one and renamed it kubrickheader.jpg and uploaded it to the images folder within the default theme, doesn’t work.

Other problems. I’m assuming WordPress.com themes don’t work with wordpress.org, right? I WAS using wordpress.com with the Contempt theme, and then discovered after 10 posts that wordpress.org existed. I figured my own http://www.domainname.com/blog was a better URL, I was already paying for hosting, and I was only 10 posts deep on wordpress.com, so why not make the switch? But getting my header image that I had on wordpress.com, resizing it to the wp.org default header image size and it still not showing up is driving me insane.

I figured it out. I was uploading all of my WP files (wp-content, themes, etc.) to the GoDaddy FTP site. But the WordPress files were actually in a folder called “Blog”, from when I used the auto WordPress install from GoDaddy Applications. I discovered this by going to the file manager, rather than the FTP client. Thought I would share in case this helps anyone else. So we can close this one now.

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